September 28, 2008	Sunday	Ramazan 27, 1429

MELBOURNE, Sept 27: Indian cricket board will have no objections if their star players take part in a proposed IPL-style Twenty20 league in Australia from next year.

Cricket Australia (CA) plans to start a high-profile Twenty20 League of its own and approached the BCCI to allow its players for the event.

Lalit Modi, IPL commissioner and BCCI vice-president, who is closely watching developments on this front, said he had already cleared top Indian cricketers to play for Australian state teams if they wanted to.

“We are keenly watching that and most supportive of that. Australian cricket board has been most supportive of Indian cricket board,” Modi was quoted as saying by the Herald Sun on Friday.

“They have asked us already if we would release our players for that and we said, yes, we would release our players for that. They have been gracious enough to release their players for us,” he added.

Modi further said that the revamped Australian competition could feature teams in a traditional state format or see them owned privately, but salary caps are unlikely to compare to the IPL.—Agencies